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          How Work and Earnings Can Affect Employees Initially Awarded Disability Annuities
          Part II - Work and Earnings
          Chapter 10 - Substantial Gainful Activity
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              Introduction
          Part I - How Age Affects a Disability Annuity
          Part II - Work and Earnings
                                Chapter 5 - How Work Can Affect Your Disability Annuity
          Chapter 6 - What is Work for Earnings?
          Chapter 7 - Activities That May Be Considered Work
          Chapter 8 - Owning, Selling, Transferring a Business
          Chapter 9 - Self-Employment
          Chapter 10 - Substantial Gainful Activity
          Chapter 11 - Trial Work Period
          Part III - When Work and Earnings Indicate Recovery From Disability
          Part IV - Your Responsibility for Reporting Events
          Important Notices Chapter 10 - Substantial Gainful Activity
							 
							
							
            Substantial gainful activity (SGA) is work which results in earnings over a certain monthly threshold. It also refers to work activity involving the performance of significant physical or mental duties, or a combination of both, which are productive in nature. If you work and are receiving an annuity based on a total and permanent disability, or if you have a period of disability (also called a disability freeze) or early Medicare, you may be subject to a finding of SGA as the result of a continuing disability review (CDR) determination. This may impact the continuation of your disability annuity, period of disability, and/or early Medicare. For a description of CDR, see Chapter 13. Also, refer to Form AB-31, *How Work Affects Your Disability Annuity*.
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